Chinese word dictionary

熄灭

xīmiè · to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished

Practice word

Word information

Simplified熄灭

Traditional熄滅

Pinyinxīmiè

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

熄xī

to extinguish, to put out, to quench

灭miè

to extinguish; to wipe out

How to learn 熄灭

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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灭miè

to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

扑灭pūmiè

to eradicate; to extinguish

消灭xiāomiè

to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

毁灭huǐmiè

to perish; to ruin; to destroy

歼灭jiānmiè

to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate

灭绝mièjué

to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate